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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapter Three, The Disembodied Lady.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sacks' patients are typically:
(a) Geniuses
(b) Mentally impaired
(c) Normal
(d) Mentally handicapped

2. What feature of humans does Sacks wonder if Jimmie lacks?
(a) Hearing
(b) Smell
(c) Soul
(d) Long-term Memory

3. How does the main character regain control of his/her body?
(a) A wheelchair
(b) Her ears
(c) Her eyes
(d) Help from family

4. How does the main character feel about his/her body?
(a) That it is deteriorating.
(b) That it will spontaneously combust.
(c) That it is detached from him/her.
(d) That it has a mind of its own.

5. Sacks is different from a fiction writer because:
(a) He is more scientific and philosophical than most.
(b) He has less education than most fiction writers.
(c) He is a bad writer.
(d) He is not a trained writer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. P cannot recognize what?

2. Most neuroscientists thought that most neurological disorders were caused by damage to what part of the brain?

3. How old is the character in this chapter?

4. What surgery is the main character admitted into the hospital to have?

5. To what extent is Jimmie G's intelligence impaired?

(see the answer key)

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